Spec C1 · The contact desk · Lyndhurst, NJ

Next Friday, you’re picking hero shots.

Fill in the brief — two minutes, tops — and the studio replies within one business day to set up your 15-minute shot call. Bring a SKU count and a rough launch date. We’ll bring the lighting plan.

Briefs we read every week
  • Etsy shops
  • Wheel-thrown ceramics
  • Cold-process soap
  • Indie serums & balms

Briefs land on the studio desk at 401 Post Avenue — no ticket queue, no chatbot, no “your request has been escalated.”

Send the brief

What’s going in the box?

A line about the products is plenty. We’ll take it from there.

Package you’re eyeing

Spec C2 · Lines into the studio

Call it, email it, or just ship it

Pick whatever matches how you work. Every line lands on the same desk on Post Avenue — here’s what each one is actually good for, and what happens after.

Ways to contact Letterpress & Lantern and what each is best for
LineReach it atBest forWhat happens next
L·01Phone (201) 945-9566 Quick “will 9 mugs fit a Flat-Lay Run?” questions, or booking the shot call live. Mid-shoot, the phone goes to voicemail. Leave your name and SKU count — you’ll get a call back within one business day.
L·02Email studio@letterpresslantern.com Reference images, a product spreadsheet, your brand hex codes, that moodboard you’ve been sitting on. A reply within one business day with a time for your 15-minute shot call.
L·03The brief Top of this page First contact, when you roughly know what’s going in the box but not which package fits. We read it, check it against the three packages, and come to your call with a recommendation.
L·04Ship a box 401 Post Avenue
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071		 Products, real packaging and props — once your shot list is signed off. We unbox the day it lands and email you a photo of exactly what arrived.
L·05Drop-off By appointment — book a call Makers close enough to drive to Lyndhurst who’d rather skip the bubble wrap. Hand-off and pickup windows get set on your shot call.

Spec C3 · Call sheet

Fifteen minutes, timed like a set

Here’s how the shot call actually runs, so you can show up with answers instead of “hang on, let me check my inventory.”

Overhead view of a studio worktable with a handwritten shot list, a speckled stoneware mug, an amber serum dropper, violet-swirled soap bars and a phone call timer under one hard key light.

  1. What you make, who buys it

    The quick version of your shop: what’s selling, what’s launching, and what your current photos aren’t doing for you.

  2. SKUs, colorways, glazes

    We count what’s going in the box — including the glaze that shifts kiln to kiln and the scent with the tricky translucent label.

  3. Where every image lives

    Etsy listing squares, Shopify product pages, a launch email header, 4:5 feed cuts. Crops get decided now, not after the shoot.

  4. The look

    Your references, your brand palette, white sweep versus a styled set, and which props from our shelf actually belong next to your work.

  5. Package, dates, the box

    Flat-Lay Run, Shelf & Story, or Full Launch — plus any bolt-ons, your launch date, and whether you’re shipping or dropping off.

  6. Off the call

    Your written shot list and packing slip land in your inbox within 48 hours. Sign off, then tape the box.

Have these openBefore you dial
  • Your SKU count, with every colorway, scent, or glaze listed separately.
  • A rough launch date — Etsy drop, holiday market, wholesale line sheet deadline.
  • Three to five photos you love, yours or anyone’s. Screenshots totally count.
  • Your shop link and brand hex codes, so the set gets built to your palette.

Spec C4 · Hand-offs on Post Avenue

Close enough to drive? Bring the box in.

Makers near Lyndhurst can hand products over in person and collect them once the gallery’s approved — no packing peanuts, no return label. It’s a working studio, not a walk-in storefront, so every hand-off is booked on your shot call.

Studio address
401 Post Avenue
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Hours
By appointment — book a call
Map the drive to 401 Post Book a hand-off window
Plotted map of the studio on Post Avenue, Lyndhurst A stylized, not-to-scale street grid with Post Avenue highlighted and a circular violet pin marking number 401, the studio, open by appointment. POST AVE N STUDIO · BY APPT 401
Fig. C4 — Post Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 · Not to scale

Spec C5 · After you hit send

Your inbox, the next ten days

Every hand-off gets its own stamp. Here’s what shows up, and when, once your brief is on the desk.

  1. The reply

    A real email from studio@letterpresslantern.com within one business day, with a time for your shot call.

  2. The call

    SKUs, angles, crops and where every image is headed — mapped in a quarter of an hour.

  3. The shot list

    Your shot list and packing slip arrive. Sign off on every angle and prop, then the box ships.

  4. The gallery

    Seven days from your box landing on Post Avenue to a private proof gallery you comment on frame by frame.

Spec C6 · Your move

The brief takes two minutes. The photos last all season.

Send it now and your shot call could be on the calendar before your next kiln load cools.

Back to the brief or ring (201) 945-9566
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